Chris
Dale's Restoration makes a more robust lower fulcrum pin kit and
Doug Jennings at Tiger Auto has upgraded the upper fulcrum pin.
The springs you use depends on the type of driving you intend. I
basically wanted a touring car. I found the stiffer CAT springs to give a
harsher ride than I wanted. I settled on the original springs with a
thinner spring pad. The spring pad is from a Mustang II,
part # D4AA-5415-A, which will lower the front about 1/2".
I thought either Sunbeam Specialties or Classic Sunbeam carried that
part. It's a square cut rubber ring I believe.
Ron Fraser
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From: owner-tigers@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-tigers@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Chris Hill
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 6:28 AM
To: tigers@autox.team.net
Subject: uno & dos
uno:
Gonna rebuild my front crossmember soon. Tom did his usual wonders on
reinforcing and refurbishing, so all the welding and powdercoating is
finished. But this was also done a good ten years or better ago and the
(probably) original fulcrum pins are installed in the older rubber bushes
with
older style ball joints as well. Inasmuch as I'll probably upgrade to more
state of the art stuff w/ John L.'s safety setup someday, 'done' parts
nonetheless work for my budget right now. So the next question is springs.
I
have the originals and a set of (I think) CAT club springs from the same
late
80's early 90's era, and might consider buying something else if it's
leagues
better than either of these. What's the thinking on this now -- soft
springs
/ stiff shocks -- stiff springs / soft shocks -- cool Corona, salt, lime /
coin toss? If the stiffer springs, should I still cut off one loop, as was
generally advised in print 10 yrs. ago? (I believe I have the matching club
rubbers that were the supposed culprit in the ride height issue, but
probably
also the compressed originals available too).
dos:
Tried valiantly to find the ref in previous posts to whoever was
offering
gasket (or o-ring) sets for between the gauges and the dashboard but failed.
Could someone who knows please remind me offlist who that was?
Thanks!!!!!!
Chris Hill
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